February 6th, 1579

Born on February 6th, 1579

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 162,000 days old!

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What happened on February 6th, 1579?

February 6th, 1579

The Diocese of Manila is erected by papal bull, with Domingo de Salazar appointed its first bishop.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Manila

What else happened on February 6th?

February 6th, 2018

The SpaceX launch vehicle Falcon Heavy made its first flight (launch pictured).

February 6th, 1987

Mary Gaudron became the first woman to be appointed a justice of the High Court of Australia.

February 6th, 1976

Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admitted that the company had paid out approximately US$3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka.

February 6th, 1958

The aircraft carrying the Manchester United football team crashed while attempting to take off from Munich-Riem Airport in West Germany, killing 8 players and 23 people in total (news reel featured).

February 6th, 1951

A train derailed while crossing a temporary wooden trestle in Woodbridge, New Jersey, causing 85 deaths.

February 6th, 1919

More than 65,000 workers in Seattle began a five-day general strike to gain higher wages after two years of U.S. World War I wage controls.

February 6th, 1862

Union forces earned one of their first important victories in the American Civil War at the Battle of Fort Henry in western Tennessee.

February 6th, 1840

British representatives and Māori chiefs first signed the Treaty of Waitangi, widely regarded to be the founding document of New Zealand.

February 6th, 1820

The first ship of the American Colonization Society departed from New York for West Africa with 86 African-American emigrants aboard to found the colony of Liberia.

February 6th, 1819

British official Stamford Raffles signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, establishing Singapore as a trading post for the East India Company.

February 6th, 1806

Napoleonic Wars: A British naval squadron captured or destroyed five French ships of the line at the Battle of San Domingo in the Caribbean Sea.

February 6th, 1778

France and the United States signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance, respectively establishing commercial and military ties between the two nations.

February 6th, 1788

Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the constitution of the United States.

February 6th, 2023

Two earthquakes measuring Mww 7.8 and 7.5 struck near the border between Turkey and Syria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). The earthquakes resulted in numerous aftershocks and a death toll of 57,658 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 6th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 6th?

22

Beatrice Cenci

Italian noblewoman and murderer

*February 6th, 1577, Rome †September 11th, 1599, Rome

93

Ronald Reagan

President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

*February 6th, 1911, Tampico †June 5th, 2004, Bel Air

52

Adam Theodor Siber

German linguist (1563-1616)

*February 6th, 1563, Grimma †January 5th, 1616, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

42

Inez Bjørg David

German actress

*February 6th, 1982, Aarhus

40

Duanganong Aroonkesorn

Thai badminton player

*February 6th, 1984, Bangkok

29

Leon Goretzka

German association football player

*February 6th, 1995, Bochum

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

49

Anne of Great Britain

Queen of Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714

*February 6th, 1665, St James's Palace †August 1st, 1714, Kensington Palace

29

Christopher Marlowe

English dramatist, poet and translator (1564–1593)

*February 6th, 1564, Canterbury †May 30th, 1593, Deptford

88

Rip Torn

American actor (1931–2019)

*February 6th, 1931, Temple †July 9th, 2019, Lakeville

38

Jens Sætter-Lassen

Danish actor

*February 6th, 1986, Denmark

93

Patrick Macnee

English actor (1922–2015)

*February 6th, 1922, Paddington †June 25th, 2015, Rancho Mirage

67

Robert Townsend

American actor

*February 6th, 1957, Chicago

91

Amintore Fanfani

Italian politician statesman (1908–1999)

*February 6th, 1908, Pieve Santo Stefano †November 20th, 1999, Rome

80

Aaron Burr

Vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived (1756–1836)

*February 6th, 1756, Newark †September 14th, 1836, Port Richmond

64

Megan Gallagher

American theater and television actor

*February 6th, 1960, Reading

52

François Truffaut

French film director (1932–1984)

*February 6th, 1932, Paris †October 21st, 1984, Neuilly-sur-Seine

76

Wilhelm von Finck

German entrepreneur and banker

*February 6th, 1848, Bad Vilbel †April 8th, 1924, Munich

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46

Thomas Dempster

British philologist, historian, poet and etruscologist

*August 23rd, 1579, Aberdeenshire †September 6th, 1625, Bologna

69

Tirso de Molina

Spanish writer c. 1583-c.1648

*March 24th, 1579, Madrid †February 20th, 1649, Almazán

60

Johannes Meursius

Dutch philologist and historian

*February 9th, 1579, Loosduinen district †September 20th, 1639, Sorø

52

Tokugawa Hidetada

Japanese shogun (1579–1632)

*May 2nd, 1579, Hamamatsu †March 14th, 1632, Edo Castle

45

John Fletcher

English Jacobean playwright (1579–1625)

*November 30th, 1579, Rye †August 1st, 1625, London

65

Luis Vélez de Guevara

Spanish writer

*August 1st, 1579, Écija †November 10th, 1644, Madrid

59

Martin de Porres

Dominican lay brother and saint

*December 9th, 1579, Lima †November 3rd, 1639, Lima

72

Jan Cornelisz. Geelvinck

Dutch politician (1579-1651)

*June 11th, 1579, Amsterdam †November 9th, 1651, Amsterdam

67

François de Bassompierre

French courtier and Marshal of France (1579-1646)

*April 12th, 1579, Haroué †October 12th, 1646, Provins

55

Levin Ludwig Hahn

German soldier

*December 3rd, 1579, Seeburg †May 18th, 1635, Seeburg

64

Hermann Samson

German-Baltic clergyman and pedagogue

*January 1st, 1579, Riga †December 16th, 1643, Riga

75

Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt

German countess (1579-1655)

*November 29th, 1579, Darmstadt †July 17th, 1655, Wehen

70

Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

German prince

*June 17th, 1579, Dessau †January 17th, 1650, Köthen

41

Janusz Radziwiłł

(1579-1620)

*July 2nd, 1579, Vilnius †December 3rd, 1620, Czarlin

77

Frans Snyders

Flemish painter (1579–1657)

*November 11th, 1579, Antwerp †August 19th, 1657, Antwerp

61

Friedrich Hortleder

German politician and historian (1579-1640)

*March 22nd, 1579, Ampfurth †June 5th, 1640, Jena

49

Jens Munk

Danish explorer

*June 3rd, 1579, Arendal †June 28th, 1628, Copenhagen

70

Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

*January 23rd, 1579, Königsberg †February 11th, 1649, Bayreuth

73

Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro

Catholic cardinal

*November 16th, 1579, Venice †June 5th, 1653, Rome

87

Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (1579-1666)

*April 10th, 1579, Dannenberg (Elbe) †September 17th, 1666, Wolfenbüttel

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1579 is a normal year and no leap year.

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